Right: Territorial Force Efficiency Medal
Pre-1921
Awarded to Private W H Tallins 5th DCLI.
The Territorial Force Efficiency Medal was an award for long service between 1908 and 1921. It was awarded to non-commissioned officers and men for a minimum of 12 years’ service, providing they had attended 12 annual training camps. Previous service in other part-time forces could count and war service counted double.
Left: Territorial War Medal
1920s
Awarded to Private W H Tallins DCLI, the Territorial Force War Medal was a campaign medal awarded to members of the British Territorial Force and Territorial Force Nursing Service who served overseas in World War I. It is the rarest of the five British Great War medals. It was established in April 1920 for members of the Territorial Force and Territorial Force Nursing Service who had volunteered for before 30th September 1914 for service overseas.
A total of 33,944 Territorial Force War Medals were awarded. This includes 227 to nurses of the Territorial Force Nursing Service, the only women to receive the medal.